Midwood Hospital
| Midwood Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°39′25″N 73°57′34″W / 40.65690388026088°N 73.95952218934382°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Midwood Sanitarium |
| Construction started | 1929 (rebuilt building) |
| Opened | 1907 |
| Closed | 1970s |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | Hospitals in Brooklyn |
Midwood Hospital[1] opened in 1907 as Midwood Sanitarium. It closed in the 1970s, and its building served as a private school from 1979 through 2000.[2]
History
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Built at a cost of $200,000 in response to growing Brooklyn demand for top-notch medical facilities [3] and opened just months before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the new Midwood Sanitarium boasted "the most modern operating room in Greater New York," with "a fully equipped X-ray and pathological laboratory" and round-the-clock physician staffing. Designed by the self-taught but respected New York architect Philip M. Erickson, [4] the hospital employed a special diet kitchen, incinerator chutes, and "colors to harmonise with the special furnishings which have been ordered for each room."
The new, fire-proof building replaced an earlier wooden structure. The new hospital used more of the grounds and could treat more patients.[2] It received repeat business for births,[5] and was noted for "bright and cheery colors" as "a relief from endless white walls."[2]
From 1979 to 2000 it housed St. John's Elementary School, a private school.[2]
The next use for the 19 Winthrop Street building, still continuing as of 2021, is via CAMBA, Inc.,[2] a city-funded social services organization.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cameron Duncan, Gynecologist, 80; Brooklyn Specialist for 56 Years Dies--A Founder of Midwood Hospital". New York Times. March 5, 1956.
- ^ a b c d e Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris) (October 1, 2018). "A Look Back at Flatbush's Small Hospital for Cradle to Grave Medical Care". Brownstoner Magazine.
The words 'sanatorium' and 'sanitarium' are interchangeable.
- ^ Flatbush, the monthly magazine of the Flatbush Chamber of Commerce, Annual Number, Vol VII, April 1929, No. 4, page thirty-three
- ^ Flatbush, the monthly magazine of the Flatbush Chamber of Commerce, Annual Number, Vol VII, April 1929, No. 4, page thirty-four
- ^ "After Paying for 12 Other Babies Brooklyn Couple Get 13th Free". New York Times. August 20, 1954.
- ^ "At Whole Foods, a Welcome Sign for Immigrants Seeking Jobs". New York Times. April 29, 2007.
run by Camba, a social services group
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